The line chart illustrates how many trains running late and trains cancelled that a train company had in October and November in 2018. It is noticeable that both the percentage of trains that delayed and cancelled underwent a significant fluctuation throughout the researched period. Additionally, November witnessed the highest delay rates.
In terms of trains running late, which had 20% in week 1, increased steadily by 10% in the next week. However, this figure experienced a sharp decrease and hit a bottom of approximately 5% at the end of October. Between week 4 of October and the second weeks of November witnessed a soar to 55%, which was the highest point in the proportion of trains delayed. There was a moderate decline to 40% for the rest of the period.
The percentage of trains cancelled started at 1% and it reached a peak of 7% in the second. Then this figure dropped sharply 1%, equal to week 1. The data of trains cancelled had continued to have a period of erratic behavior and it finally still returned to 1%, which was the lowest point at the end of October before saw a sharp growth by 4% in the second weeks of November. A slight fall to 4% was recorded in the number of trains cancelled in week 3 of November.